Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Servicing Costs - 512TR

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Wow....this won't be constructive to the conversation at hand, but on my
pre-war Rolls-Royce (which I doubt my 'local dealer' would service at any
price), I use the most competent pre-war Rolls/Bentley independent service
shop in the mid-Atlantic area.  His labor rate is $55!  Of course, his
waiting list is about a year to get in....

One of the guys who works for him is an outstanding automotive (RR/B only)
wood refinisher, and he lamented to me recently that he had to up his rate
from $25 to $30/hour.  I'm bringing my car in for all the wood to be redone
next week.....and his waiting list is in excess of a year.

Supply and demand.....either you wait a long time or you pay a lot!  :-)

-matt
'85 euro 308 (55841)
'39 p-iii (3DL170)

On 11/13/07, Larry B <larrybard [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dennis,
>
> Thanks for your as always constructive comments.  I should also have noted
> that I would pay 15% less than the quoted prices, because the dealer has a
> "winter discount" for all servicing performed during the slow months of
> November through January.  And their normal hourly rates are $129, which
> doesn't strike me as egregious relative to the rates some Toyota, Honda,
> etc. dealerships charge for their work, especially given the general level
> of [in]competence one often encounters at those places.  (For which I am
> reluctant to substitute my own mechanical inexperience and potential
> incompetence -- so my trusted non-Ferrari mechanics (who competently service
> my other 6 assorted cars) will probably get the nod for the simple
> stuff).)Larry
>
>